Scheduling's easily accessible web-based platform with a native app offers agencies a simpler way to manage shift scheduling and process annual PTO blocks (time-offs or auctions), time-off requests/approvals, overtime assignments, trades, and payroll processing.
Here are ten ways Vector Scheduling addresses Public Safety’s dynamic 24/7 scheduling needs.
1. Helps ensure fair and transparent distribution of overtime.
2. Public safety professionals may be required to work beyond their scheduled shift when incidents span over multiple hours. Overtime hours must be properly tracked and managed so that personnel get the rest and reprieve they need, while ensuring shift coverage across the various roles and jurisdictions.
3. The system also enables self-scheduling to an assignment, which can be set to require supervisor approval, so if an officer is held over his/her shift for an incident, he/she can self-assign themselves to modify the schedule. Eliminates the time-consuming manual creation of building schedules by hand, on spreadsheets, or paper calendars.
4. The platform can be customized for most any shift type.
5. Calling officers, firefighters, telecommunicators, or other emergency professionals to cover open shifts or for unplanned events and emergencies is a regular occurrence; Vector Scheduling's Callback feature automates the process so that staff are not tied up making phone calls.
6. The Scheduling Assistant Module creates qualifiers for positions, so if a person doesn't meet the qualifier, they cannot be assigned to the position; agencies can have the system "advise" or "automate" this process.
7. Clearly displays the various positions needing to be staffed for public safety agencies across multiple roles. Each agency has different specialties to staff for, which varies by discipline and location. For example:
8. Payroll reports, department-wide project codes, overtime summaries, and other standard Scheduling reports help streamline payroll process and employee analysis.
9. The integration between Vector LMS and Scheduling offers single sign-on and an easy way to assign training to whoever was on-shift "today's" training.
10. Enables staff and supervisors to easily check their schedules and process time-off requests, shift swaps, and more from their mobile device.
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